Saturday Trivia: Who's Who *answered*

[WoodenJefferson]

Todays Question:

 

What infant was depiced on what US Minted coin to celebrate a first of English firsts?

 

 

 

Today's prize:

Catch the leprechaun and ascound with his Pot-O-Gold!

[al_e_gator]

I'll take a wild guess at an obvious answer first.

 

Sacagawea Dollar

The coin shows Sacagawea, the young Shoshone woman who guided the Lewis and Clark expedition from 1804 to 1806, carrying her son, Jean Baptiste, on her back. Some people have questioned the accuracy of the portrayal, noting that the Shoshone carried their infants on cradleboards facing backwards. Historians and other experts consulted by the U.S. Mint have said that at times during the journey, Sacagawea probably did carry Jean Baptiste in a sling.

 

Although this was minted in celebration of Sacagawea guiding the Lewis and Clark expedition. History shows that Lewis and Clark were not the first white men, the first "civilized" men, the first English-speaking men, or even the first white, English-speaking Americans to reach the West Coast.

[MunkyMan95]

The Sacagawea was the only coin I could think of with an infant on it as well.

[WoodenJefferson]

~History shows that Lewis and Clark were not the first white men, the first "civilized" men, the first English-speaking men, or even the first white, English-speaking Americans to reach the West Coast~

 

If the above statement is true, then your answer to the question "to celebrate a first of English firsts" is also incorrect, since their journey was not considered a first.

 

Try again please.

[TJ'S Coins]

Virginia Dare appears on the Roanoke commemorative as the first child on a US coin.

 

[WoodenJefferson]

~DING DING DING~ we have a winner...way to go TJ's Coin!

 

Answer: Virginia Dare

 

Virginia Dare was also featured on a US Postage Stamp, Scott 796, released in Manteo, NC - Aug. 18, 1937 with a total of 25,040,400 issued.

 

~Not my Coin~ wishful thinking

 

 

Obverse: In the center, a bust of Sir Walter Raleigh. In the field, "Liberty - E. Pluribus Unum - Sir Walter Raleigh" with the date "1937". Around the rim, "United States of America - Half Dollar".

 

Reverse: The baby Virginia Dare held by her mother Ellinor Dare. In the field, two English three masted ships and the motto "In God We Trust". Around the rim, "The Colonization of Roanoke Island North Carolina" and the anniversary dates "1537-1937".

 

Virginia Dare

Infant

 

Born: August 1587

Died: ?(fate unknown)

Birthplace: Roanoke Island, Virginia (now North Carolina)

Best known as: First English person born in North America

 

Virginia Dare was the first person of English descent born in North America. It's likely she was born 18 August 1587, about a month after a settlement colony had been established on Roanoke Island. Dare was born to Ananias Dare and his wife, Elinor (Eleanor) White, and her grandfather was John White, a scientific illustrator and painter who had previously been to Roanoke as part of a failed expedition in 1585. Under the authority of Walter Raleigh, White acted as governor of the new colony. Nine days after his granddaughter was born, White returned to England for supplies. His return was delayed by England's war with Spain, and when he reached Roanoke again in 1590 the settlement had been abandoned and there was no trace of the colonists. Carved into a post was the word "Croatan," signifying a native tribe or nearby island (Hatteras) and furthering the mystery of the "lost colony." Nobody knows what happened to Virginia Dare or any of the other colonists, but speculation has given life to local legends for generations.

[al_e_gator]

Yep - I knew the Sacagawea Dollar was way too easy.

[TJ'S Coins]

WoodenJefferson, may I expand on your excellent explanation to the Roanoke commemorative?

 

What Hollywood actor is alleged to be the profile for the bust of Sir Walter Raleigh on the obverse?

[WoodenJefferson]

You may...it looks like Vincent Price?

[TJ'S Coins]

Oh, good guess! But it is not Vincent Price.

[Tradedollarnut]

Errol Flynn perhaps?

[WoodenJefferson]

Basil Rathbone At least he would have been alive in 1937

[TJ'S Coins]

Yes! We have a winner! Swashbuckler Errol Flynn is reputed to have been the likeness behind the image of Sir Walter Raleigh on the Roanoke Commemorative!

 

Roanoke Commemorative

 

Looking at the image, I suspect David Niven, a friend of Errol Flynn's might also be another possibility.

 

Thanks WoodenJefferson for these fun weekly trivia questions and for letting me embellish this one a little more

[Hoot]

 

Wonderful example of the coin, BTW, TJ and WJ.

 

Hoot

[WoodenJefferson]

For those who do not know who Errol Flynn is or didn't know that movies were once made in Black & White

 

 

 

Great information from this weeks winner.

[Tradedollarnut]

Ugh - I feel old.

[rrantique]

and i thought it was Robin Hood. I feel old too.

 

Btw i saw the video across the street Bruce, a lot of nice info